Pazzano

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Pazzano
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Pazzano (Italy)
Pazzano
Country Italy
region Calabria
Metropolitan city Reggio Calabria  (RC)
Coordinates 38 ° 29 '  N , 16 ° 27'  E Coordinates: 38 ° 28 '34 "  N , 16 ° 27' 12"  E
height 460  m slm
surface 15 km²
Residents 520 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density 35 inhabitants / km²
Post Code 89040
prefix 0964
ISTAT number 080058
Popular name Pazzanesi
Patron saint San Giuseppe
Panorama of Pazzano

Pazzano is a town with 520 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019) in the metropolitan city of Reggio Calabria and is therefore in the Calabria region in southern Italy . It is part of the Vallata dello Stilaro .

The neighboring municipalities are Bivongi , Caulonia , Nardodipace , Placanica , Stignano and Stilo .

history

The origin of the village is linked to the extraction of iron-containing minerals ( limonite and pyrite ). A miners' settlement already existed here in Norman times, as evidenced by a document from 1094. Finally, at the time of the Bourbon Kingdom, Pazzano is one of the most important mining areas and supplies the entire south of Italy.

Attractions

  • Chiesa di Santa Maria Assunta in Cielo (Church of St. Mary Ascended to Heaven)
  • Santuario di Monte Stella (pilgrimage church of Monte Stella)

  • Santa Maria Assunta Church in Cielo

  • Miner's Well

  • Old Mill

  • Holiday of Santo Salvatore

  • Town Hall and Piazza IV Novembre

  • Statue of the Virgin Mary in the grotto of Monte Stella

economy

Nowadays the dominant branch of the economy is agriculture, especially the cultivation of olives and wine , but also of citrus and fruit .

gastronomy

Scilatelle calabresi
  • Homemade Scilatelle
  • Ragù with goat meat
  • Typical soup: "Pitta di San Martino", the "cuzzupe" and the "pignolata"

Important residents of the place

See also

Web links

Commons : Pazzano  - album with pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Statistiche demografiche ISTAT. Monthly population statistics of the Istituto Nazionale di Statistica , as of December 31 of 2019.